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Before we get into a slanging match about the inadequacies of our Northern
cousins ,could I make a plea for the summer weather to continue around Lyme Regis during the first week of September ?. Having decided to support our ailing economy by holidaying in England ,I think the least the Dorset Tourist Board could do is to supply decent weather ! By the way ,what is the attraction about 'the foot of our stairs '?,perhaps its to view the remains of those despatched by the efforts of disgruntled spouses who used to grease said stairs to precipitate the departure.of their partners...... RonB "Dawlish" wrote in message ... On Aug 15, 4:26 pm, Graham P Davis wrote: Will Hand wrote: If the gfs, or any other model, gets that one right for the UK at almost 2 weeks distance I'll go to the foot of our stairs! ============ That's a rit northern saying Paul, are you from up north originally? That must make me a Northerner then! Does Northants count? -- Graham P Davis, Bracknell, Berks., UK. E-mail: newsman not newsboy "I wear the cheese. It does not wear me." Definitely a Yorkshire phrase, but I suppose some mealy mouthed softie southerners could have wormed a phrase or two out of us to add to their own, less colourful, local lingos. *)) |
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On Aug 15, 5:27*pm, "ronaldbutton" wrote:
By the way ,what is the attraction about 'the foot of our stairs '?,perhaps its to view the remains of those despatched by the efforts of disgruntled spouses who used to grease said stairs to precipitate the departure.of their partners...... You are probably going to regret asking the question, but I googled it and came up with "The foot of the stairs was en route to the lavatory, as was, in the days of the outside privy, the less well-known alternatives, 'the back of our house' and 'the bottom of our garden'. The implication of the speaker's destination suggests that the real meaning was 'I was so surprised that I soiled myself and need to visit the lavatory to clean up'." |
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On Aug 15, 4:27*pm, "ronaldbutton" wrote:
Before we get into a slanging match about the inadequacies of our Northern cousins ,could I make a plea for the summer weather to continue around Lyme Regis during the first week of September ?. Having decided to support our ailing economy by holidaying in England ,I think the least the Dorset Tourist Board could do is to supply decent weather ! By the way ,what is the attraction about 'the foot of our stairs '?,perhaps its to view the remains of those despatched by the efforts of disgruntled spouses who used to grease said stairs to precipitate the departure.of their partners...... My wife works for the tourist industry in Dorset, but I can't get any assurances from her because at present she in ib holiday in the South of France! As far as your other question is concerned, don't you just hate those people who look up quiz questions on the internet? Well I just done that, and you will be pleased to learn that nobody knows how it originated :-) See http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/t...ur-stairs.html I think I know, but I'll leave it to a Yorkshire man to reveal the secret, if he sees fit. Cheers, Alastair. |
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![]() "Dawlish" wrote in message ... On Aug 15, 2:57 pm, "JCW" wrote: "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote in message ... Actually when I saw the GFS, I somehow thought the August Bank holiday wipe out had been programmed in no matter what. Put it in regardless and its bound to be right. All it needs is for Piers to 'validate' it with some doomsday scenario on his site and ONLY THEN will I believe it! No bank holiday here until the end of October...so I'll just sit back and watch the potential horror unfold.. ;-) __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4337 (20090815) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. part000.txt - is OK http://www.eset.com Could that be the gfs trying to model the possible track of tropical storm ANA? At the moment it is no more than a low pressure area, but it is becoming more organised and the National Hurricane centre gives it a better than evens chance of becoming the first Atlantic hurricane of the year, within the next 48 hours. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...l/151144.shtml If the gfs, or any other model, gets that one right for the UK at almost 2 weeks distance I'll go to the foot of our stairs! That was my point even at that distance the GFS was modelled to throw in a wet bank holiday as if that was a safe default for August BH. I am being light hearted by the way. |
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Lawrence Jenkins writes: That was my point even at that distance the GFS was modelled to throw in a wet bank holiday as if that was a safe default for August BH. I am being light hearted by the way. Good. I don't suppose that US programmers are too clued up concerning UK bank holidays. ![]() -- John Hall "Home is heaven and orgies are vile, But you *need* an orgy, once in a while." Ogden Nash (1902-1971) |
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On Aug 15, 7:16*pm, "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote:
"Dawlish" wrote in message ... On Aug 15, 2:57 pm, "JCW" wrote: "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote in message .. . Actually when I saw the GFS, I somehow thought the August Bank holiday wipe out had been programmed in no matter what. Put it in regardless and its bound to be right. All it needs is for Piers to 'validate' it with some doomsday scenario on his site and ONLY THEN will I believe it! No bank holiday here until the end of October...so I'll just sit back and watch the potential horror unfold.. ;-) __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4337 (20090815) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. part000.txt - is OK http://www.eset.com Could that be the gfs trying to model the possible track of tropical storm ANA? At the moment it is no more than a low pressure area, but it is becoming more organised and the National Hurricane centre gives it a better than evens chance of becoming the first Atlantic hurricane of the year, within the next 48 hours. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh...l/151144.shtml If the gfs, or any other model, gets that one right for the UK at almost 2 weeks distance I'll go to the foot of our stairs! That was my point even at that distance the GFS was modelled to throw in a wet bank holiday as if that was a safe default for August BH. *I am being light hearted by the way. Here's the map for ANA: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...large#contents We seem pretty safe until Thursday :-) Cheers, Alastair. |
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"Alastair" wrote in message
... On Aug 15, 7:16 pm, "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote: "Dawlish" wrote in message ... On Aug 15, 2:57 pm, "JCW" wrote: Well, this is getting entertaining....the thread that is! Never heard that expression about the bottom ofthe stairs but I'm sure it's a step in the right direction.... :-) http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm2401.gif http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn2761.png Time-frames are somewhat different but it's there's similarities! Very active depressions close to or over British Isles. If this is a trend developing I wouldn't welcome it despite the excitement of "weather"! Looking very unsettled and windy. It feels like an early start to Autumn and today, when the sun went in, I thought I felt a distinct coolness in the air.... (That was probably the wife though 'cause I was on the razz last night and hosted a BBQ but didn't do much of the tidying up!) Another few runs and I'll be paying particular interest to the end of August period. Joe __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4338 (20090815) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. part000.txt - is OK http://www.eset.com |
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On Aug 15, 10:38*pm, "JCW" wrote:
"Alastair" wrote in message ... On Aug 15, 7:16 pm, "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote: "Dawlish" wrote in message .... On Aug 15, 2:57 pm, "JCW" wrote: Well, this is getting entertaining....the thread that is! Never heard that expression about the bottom ofthe stairs but I'm sure it's a step in the right direction.... :-) http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm2401.gif http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn2761.png Time-frames are somewhat different but it's there's similarities! Very active depressions close to or over British Isles. If this is a trend developing I wouldn't welcome it despite the excitement of "weather"! Looking very unsettled and windy. It feels like an early start to Autumn and today, when the sun went in, I thought I felt a distinct coolness in the air.... (That was probably the wife though 'cause I was on the razz last night and hosted a BBQ but didn't do much of the tidying up!) Another few runs and I'll be paying particular interest to the end of August period. Joe __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4338 (20090815) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. * * part000.txt - is OK http://www.eset.com I don't fancy my wife flying back to Southampton airport on Thursday and meeting that: http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn2761.png Still waiting for a proper explanation of the expression "I'll go to the foot of our stairs" from our Yorkshire Dawlish, but then I am a great believer in the ninth beatitude. Cheers, Alastair. |
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![]() "John Hall" wrote in message ... In article , Lawrence Jenkins writes: That was my point even at that distance the GFS was modelled to throw in a wet bank holiday as if that was a safe default for August BH. I am being light hearted by the way. Good. I don't suppose that US programmers are too clued up concerning UK bank holidays. ![]() -- John Hall "Home is heaven and orgies are vile, But you *need* an orgy, once in a while." Ogden Nash (1902-1971) Well John I'm certain that when the American GFS was programmed that a lot of UK data was used-as I'm certain Tobago and Syria didn't provide too much let alone the other 4th world existence's |
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On Aug 16, 12:27*am, Alastair wrote:
On Aug 15, 10:38*pm, "JCW" wrote: "Alastair" wrote in message ... On Aug 15, 7:16 pm, "Lawrence Jenkins" wrote: "Dawlish" wrote in message .... On Aug 15, 2:57 pm, "JCW" wrote: Well, this is getting entertaining....the thread that is! Never heard that expression about the bottom ofthe stairs but I'm sure it's a step in the right direction.... :-) http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Recm2401.gif http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/Rtavn2761.png Time-frames are somewhat different but it's there's similarities! Very active depressions close to or over British Isles. If this is a trend developing I wouldn't welcome it despite the excitement of "weather"! Looking very unsettled and windy. It feels like an early start to Autumn and today, when the sun went in, I thought I felt a distinct coolness in the air.... (That was probably the wife though 'cause I was on the razz last night and hosted a BBQ but didn't do much of the tidying up!) Another few runs and I'll be paying particular interest to the end of August period. Joe __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4338 (20090815) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. * * part000.txt - is OK http://www.eset.com I don't fancy my wife flying back to Southampton airport on Thursday and meeting that:http://www.wzkarten.de/pics/Rtavn2761.png Still waiting for a proper explanation of the expression "I'll go to the foot of our stairs" from our Yorkshire Dawlish, but then I am a great believer in the ninth beatitude. Cheers, Alastair.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Sorry Alistair, it's a blind stag from me. I had to look up the meaning, though my family used the phrase often! I like the apocryphal tale of the disgruntled housewife taking revenge and I like this one: http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/t...ur-stairs.html ....but I'm not sure either is right! |
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